Stop requesting save changes to document template

Anonymous
2013-06-17T10:47:19+00:00

Word 2013 insists on asking if I want to save the document template, or in the case of a custom template, save that named template.  I have followed the recommendations for turning this "feature" off, but it persists.  I have unchecked the box labeled "Prompt Before Saving Normal Template**"** in both the normal and the custom templates.  No change.  It still prompts me to save.  I worry that there is something wrong with my installation (Word also hangs if I open a folder and double-click on a document to open it.  I have learned that I can right-click and select "Restore" to get the document to open, but this seems to suggest a problem with the program or the installation).

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-01T00:52:30+00:00

    Exactly. I open it as a document. I write the document, and I want the template to be the same as it was originally the next time I use it. If I open a new document from a report template to write John Doe's report, I don't want to see John Doe's name and information the next time I open a new document from the report template to write somebody else's report. 

    That's why it is a nuisance to always be prompted to save the changes to the template. The changes are for the instant document only. The template is forever.

    Well, nothing' forever, right.

    And if I save the new document before writing in it, from then on I am only saving the document and I am not prompted to save the template.

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  2. Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-04-28T21:17:10+00:00

    What you describe suggests that you are opening it as a document as opposed to creating a new untitled document based on the template.

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  3. Charles Kenyon 171K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-04-24T12:34:01+00:00

    Simply I select all the document cut it and paste it to new blank document and saved as replace the old one. its stops asking whether to save in the template or not.

    I'm sure this works for you, but I do not understand what it is you are saying. I do not know what the "the document" is nor "new blank document." Are either of these templates? Are you talking about replacing the normal template, or replacing the content in the normal template? The normal template should contain no text.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-24T06:29:58+00:00

    Simply I select all the document cut it and paste it to new blank document and saved as replace the old one. its stops asking whether to save in the template or not.

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  5. Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-04-18T22:28:40+00:00

    Unfortunately, many computers come with preinstalled buggy add-ins. :-(

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